A week later, Mrs. Weasley startled Harry and Ron when she came into their room to wake them earlier than normal.

"Ron, Harry! Wake up, boys!" the sound of her strained voice brought Harry to awareness faster than normal.

Rubbing his eyes, Harry asked, "Whaswrong, Mrs. Weasley?"

She replied hurriedly, "There's been another attack. I'm leaving for Saint Mungo's now, but I wanted you to know before I left."

"What happened?" Ron asked, alarmed.

"Bill and Fleur were attacked in their flat early this morning. Bill fought them off and he'll be alright but Fleur was rushed to the hospital. Ginny and Hermione can fill you in on the rest; they said they'd wait for you downstairs and you all can come over later."

"We'll be there as soon as we can," Ron said climbing out of bed.

"I'll see you then," Mrs. Weasley said and then hurried back through the door.

Hermione and Ginny were waiting for them when they came down the stairs a few minutes later.

"So what happened?" Ron asked as Hermione rushed over to pull him into a hug. "I thought Bill had security charms all around their place."

"He did," Ginny replied. Harry could tell she was very shaken by the news. "Somehow they still managed to break through. Bill was a bit beat up, but the real concern is for Fleur and the baby. They hit her with a curse before Bill could stop all of them. I just hope they are going to be okay."

Harry placed his hand on her arm and said. "I'm sure they will be fine, Gin."

Ginny took hold of the other hand he offered her.

Harry asked, "So it was Death Eaters, then?"

"Definitely," Hermione said. "I didn't recognize any of the names, but Mr. Weasley said Bill knew who they were."

Ginny said, "Mum also said Dad was in a rush because he wanted to head straight to Fred and George's place from here to check on them."

"Do you think your father was expecting another attack on them?" Harry asked surprised.

"Maybe," Ron replied. "After you went to bed last night, Hermione and I heard them arguing with Fred and George. Mum and Dad were trying to convince them not to go back to their flat, but they went anyway."

Hermione asked, "Why would Death Eaters go after Bill and Fleur? Or the twins again?"

Ron replied, "Bill has been working for the Ministry and the Order since he recovered from the werewolf attack. You know how secretive he is when I ask him about what he does. Maybe he riled the wrong people, not that that is hard to do these days."

"We aren't going to learn any more by staying here," Ginny said. "I want to find out how Fleur and the baby are doing, so let's get going."

When they arrived, they found Mr. and Mrs. Weasley sitting in the waiting room with Fleur's mother. She was a small, blond witch who looked like a slightly older version of Fleur.

Ginny rushed up to them and said, "Hello, Madame Delacour. How are they?"

Madame Delacour answered, "Bonjour, Ginny, Ron, Hermione, oh, and Harry. Eet eez nice to see you all again. Oui! Ze news eez good. Boz Fleur and ze baby are going to be fine."

They all heaved a sigh of relief and Hermione said, "Thank goodness!"

Ginny asked, "Where's Bill? I thought he would be here."

Mrs. Weasley answered, "He's with Fleur. The curse caused her to go into labor. She was due next week, so it really isn't too early for the baby to be born."

Given the good news she reported, she still looked very troubled.

Mr. Weasley patted his wife's hand reassuringly and said to the others, "It may be a while so you might as well sit down and get comfortable. Trust me when I say I know from experience that babies take their own sweet time to enter the world."

Harry thought Mr. Weasley was trying to sound relaxed but it looked like he had aged at least ten years since Harry had last seen him. Whatever he was currently doing for the Ministry or the Order had been keeping him out very late every night; and he was always up and gone before Harry came down to breakfast in the mornings.

Before they took their seats, the door of the waiting room opened and a very pretty blond girl entered and walked over to them.

Harry did not recognize her but when her eyes landed on him, a bright smile broke across her face. Her gaze took in the others then quickly went back to Harry.

She said to him with a slight hint of a French accent, "It is wonderful to see all of you again and so kind of you to come by to wait with us!"

Harry was surprised when she took his hands into hers and placed a kiss on each of his cheeks.

"Oh…er…hi," Harry said.

Realization finally dawned on him and he smiled at her. "Gabrielle? I didn't recognize you at first. It's nice to see you again, too."

Fleur's younger sister certainly had changed in the time since the wedding; she was no longer the awkward young girl who had shyly followed Harry around; instead she had grown into a very beautiful, not to mention very well proportioned, young woman who carried herself with grace, confidence and a disarming boldness.

Ginny eyed the exchange uneasily and noticed Gabrielle continued to hold Harry's hands as well as his gaze. She knew Gabrielle had had a crush on him since he rescued her from the lake during the second task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament in his fourth year. She had never given it much thought, but now…

Ron's jaw had dropped open when he also recognized her.

Hermione placed a finger under his chin to push his mouth shut and said coolly, "Careful, Ron. You'll catch lacewing flies."

Ginny cleared her throat, "Hello, Gabrielle. We are very relieved to hear that Fleur and the baby are going to be alright."

Gabrielle continued to look into Harry's eyes and said, "Yes, as are we. It is lucky she 'as such a strong and brave husband who is able to protect her."

Harry was becoming uncomfortable under Gabrielle's stare and removed his hands from her grasp. He looked over at Ginny and was surprised to see her watching him with an expression on her face akin to annoyance.

Ginny turned away from him and went to sit next to her mother and he took a seat across from her.

After a while, Mr. Weasley stood up and said, "Harry, I'm going to get some snacks to bring back for everyone, why don't you come with me?"

He saw Mr. and Mrs. Weasley exchange glances but he stood up and said, "Okay, Mr. Weasley, sure."

When the waiting room door closed behind them, Mr. Weasley stopped suddenly.

Harry thought he might have forgotten something but all he said was, "We certainly have been spending quite a bit of time in this place lately."

Harry replied, "I guess I'm as much to blame for that as anyone."

Mr. Weasley seemed lost in thought for a moment then he turned to Harry and said, "Harry, I wanted to have a word with you away from the others."

"Yes, sir?" He was curious as to what Mr. Weasely would want to talk to him about privately.

Mr. Weasely said, "I never got the chance to thank you properly for what you did for Fred and George the other day. I was called away before you came around and I've been spending so many hours at the Ministry, I couldn't catch up with you. Mere words can never express what Molly and I owe you."

"Mr. Weasley, nobody owes me anything. I was just lucky to be able to stop her. I'd say I'm more indebted to all of you for continuing to take me in after everything that has happened."

Mr. Weasley replied, "Well, let's just agree that we are all very fortunate, shall we?"

Harry nodded and Mr. Weasley continued, "Molly tells me that you'll only be staying at our house another day or so before you can go back to your flat. I won't presume to tell you what to do, but it might be best for you to remain with us."

"Thanks, but I really am feeling fine, sir. And, honestly, I won't use magic until the Healer gives me the go ahead this time."

"Given what has happened, especially at Bill's this morning, your flat may no longer be a safe place for you to stay," Mr. Weasely told him.

Harry asked, "Do you have some reason to believe they will be coming after me next?"

Mr. Weasley smiled without humor and said, "Harry, when are they not after you?"

Harry agreed, "That's true enough."

Mr. Weasley said, "They were able to break through very powerful security charms and spells this time. I'm afraid they may be able to do the same at your flat. Aren't you, Ron and Hermione still planning to go to Romania early next week?"

Harry answered, "As long as Bill and Fleur are okay, we probably will."

"Good," said Mr. Weasley. "I think you all should get away for a while. Until then, I hope you will reconsider where you will be staying. Actually, I am worried that the Burrow may not be safe, either. I'd like to move everyone to Order headquarters if you and Remus have no objections. Grimmauld Place does still belong to you, after all."

With Harry's encouragement, Remus had taken to living at Grimmauld Place with Tonks when he was not on an undercover assignment for the Order.

Harry answered, "You, Remus and the Order can do whatever you want with that place. If it will be safer for everyone to stay there, then it is probably a good idea. I'd still prefer to stay at my flat, though".

Mr. Weasley did not push the subject understanding Harry's aversion to staying in Sirius' old house.

Instead, he said, "There is something else I want to discuss with you; a favor, actually."

"Of course, sir. What is it?"

"Molly and I want you to convince Ginny to go to Romania with you. Hermione mentioned the Pavenic's invited all four of you but for some reason Ginny does not want to go."

Harry looked away from Mr. Weasley. "I asked her not to. It will be better if she stays here."

"I see," Mr. Weasley said. "I thought that might be the way of it."

Harry said carefully, "You said it yourself, sir. When are they not after me? Voldemort is not going to stop until one of us is dead. I would be putting her in danger if she came with us. It's bad enough that Ron and Hermione have been traveling with me but it could be worse for her."

Mr. Weasley said, "I'm just asking you to help me get her away from here for a while, even if it is only for a few weeks. That will give the Order a chance to find a way to deal with what has been happening."

Growing frustrated, Harry said, "But, sir, when they held me captive, they saw her in my mind! Snape saw her! If it gets back to them that she is with me and they put it together that we went out while we were at Hogwarts, Voldemort might try to use her if…"

Harry hesitated but Mr. Weasley finished for him, "If he figures out how much you care for her?"

Harry gaped at him and felt himself turning red since it was Ginny's father who completed his thoughts for him.

Mr. Weasley found himself laughing at the expression he saw on Harry's face. "Harry, I'm afraid neither one of you would make very good actors. It is quite obvious how you feel about each other, no matter how hard you are trying to pretend otherwise."

Recovering, Harry said, "So then you must realize how important it is that I stay away from her!"

Mr. Weasley saw the pain in his eyes as Harry continued, "They have already taken my parents, Dumbledore and Sirius. Voldemort used Sirius to get to me. I can't let him do that with Ginny! Last week there was a moment when I thought she was the girl that Bellatrix Lestrange had killed and it tore me apart inside."

Mr. Weasely appreciated Harry's openness and said, "I truly understand your concern for Ginny. She is my only daughter and I love her more than life itself. That is why I feel I must impress upon you that she is most definitely in more danger if she stays here than if she goes to Romania with you."

Harry asked, "Does this have anything to do with what happened in Diagon Alley? Bellatrix Lestrange said something about Fred's death being a message for someone and George told me to ask you. The message was for Bill or you, wasn't it?"

Mr. Weasely sighed heavily and said, "The message was a warning for me. When you stopped Bellatrix, they sent me another warning this morning."

Harry asked in surprise, "The attack on Bill and Fleur was meant as a warning to you? Why?"

Mr. Weasely looked around to make sure there was no one could over hear them.

He said, "Apparently I have thrown a wrench into You-Know-Who's plans."

"What kind of plans?" Harry asked.

"We recently stopped him from obtaining several Muggle artifacts, but we have not been able to figure out why they could be so important to him. Although they seem important enough that his Death Eaters are now targeting my family in an attempt to get him what he wants."

Harry looked at Mr. Weasley completely confused, "I'm not following you, sir. You said Voldemort is after Muggle artifacts?"

Mr. Weasley explained, "It is something I stumbled onto quite by accident. Most Wizards do not take the time to keep current with the activities in the Muggle world, but I do. They don't realize that happenings in the Muggle world often provide clues into the Death Eaters' activities."

Harry recalled the time Dumbledore mentioned how he would find useful information in Muggle newspapers.

Mr. Weasely continued, "A few months before we thought you had been killed, I read about a break-in at a Muggle museum in Cairo. Only one item was reported missing—a very large stone jar. There had been many other items of value around this particular jar, which the thieves could have easily taken but they did not bother.

"Shortly afterward, I read about a robbery at a small Muggle museum right here in London. Again, the only thing taken was a large stone jar."

"At that point, I did not think much of it, but I did wonder why Muggle thieves found stone jars so appealing. Then another robbery took place at a famous Muggle Museum in France. The Muggle newspapers never reported it but the Daily Prophet did. There had been a witness; a Wizard placed two known Death Eaters at the scene. Aurors were dispatched to perform memory charms so that the Muggles would not be the wiser. However, the only thing the Aurors determined was missing was—"

Harry took a guess, "A large stone jar?"

"No. This time it was an old wooden chest," Mr. Weasley said.

Frowning, Harry asked, "So what did the jars and chest contain that was of interest to Voldemort?"

Mr. Weasley winced at the dark wizard's name but said "Nothing. They were all empty."

"Empty?" Harry said growing more confused. "Was there at least some kind of connection between them?"

"At first it seemed there was not. Then, coincidently, an old friend invited me to lunch who has nearly a greater interest in Muggles than I do. He confided that he had been following the robberies and he discovered the artifacts shared one similarity; although it did not explain what Death Eaters or You-Know-Who might want with them."

"What was it?" Harry asked.

"He had Muggle photographs of the two Jars and the chest showing the same faded, mark on their base. He discovered there were two other Muggle objects with the same mark; one was a smaller stone vase and the other was another chest. He had tried to tell people at the Ministry but with all of the other Death Eater activities going on no one wanted to hear about Muggle trinkets. He hoped I would look into it."

Harry asked, "And you did?"

"Unfortunately, yes," Mr. Weasley replied with a heavy sigh. "I was able to remove the vase and chest and hide them at the Ministry. I replaced them with two other objects charmed to look just like the ones we suspected would be stolen. About two weeks after we found you unconscious, I organized two small surveillance teams. We were able to catch a few low-level Death Eaters when they attempted to break in; but several others escaped and they took one of the counterfeit artifacts with them.

"Somehow they discovered that I was responsible for replacing the artifacts they were after with replicas."

Harry asked, "And now they want you to hand the real ones over to them?"

Mr. Weasley nodded looking very weary, "The threats have now escalated to the point that they have openly gone after Fred, George and Bill, as well as my daughter-in-law and unborn grandchild. George was to deliver their message— that other members of my family would suffer Fred's fate if I did not hand the vase and chest over to them. I also believe Bellatrix Lestrange may have mistaken Gretchen for Ginny the other day."

"You think she meant to kill Ginny, too?" Harry asked, swallowing hard when the impact of what Mr. Weasley told him hit him.

Mr. Weasley said sadly, "It is terrible that they killed that other young girl, but I'm thankful Ginny was not in the joke shop when they attacked."

Harry asked, "Why don't you just hand the real artifacts over then? Does it really matter what they want with some old jars and chests? That stuff is not worth the lives of your family!"

"Harry, at this point, if I could, I probably would. But they disappeared last week and I don't know who could have possibly taken them."

"They disappeared from the Ministry? Do you think Voldemort's people may have already gotten them?" Harry asked.

Mr. Weasley answered, "I don't believe so. The attack in Diagon Alley happened after they went missing so it seems unlikely You-Know-Who has gotten what he wants. However, that is a problem for me to deal with. What I need you to do is to make sure Ginny goes to Romania. Dumbledore thought very highly of Ivan and Nadia. I truly feel that staying with them will be the safest thing for her at the moment."

Harry answered, "Ron won't want to take off for Romania if all of you are in danger, and neither do I. Shouldn't we stay here and help guard against them? And what about Charlie? And Percy? I know things are still strained between you, but shouldn't they be warned?"

Mr. Weasley answered, "You are in no shape to fight Death Eater at the moment and we will have to convince Ron that it is best to go to Romania. An undercover Auror has been assigned to Percy and Charlie is on assignment for the Order at an unplottable location. Bill will be going back to France with Fleur and the baby. That leaves only Fred, George, Ron and Ginny for me to worry about, and Molly, of course. That is why I'm going to insist they all begin staying at Order headquarters."

Mr. Weasley placed his hand on Harry's shoulder and said, "Harry, I have no doubt that they will come after a member of my family again. Moreover, I don't think Ginny or Ron will take kindly to becoming virtual prisoners in Grimmauld Place. So do you see why I believe Romania is the best option? I am asking you to stick to your plans to leave and to convince Ginny to go with you."

Harry found it nearly impossible to argue with Mr. Weasley's reasoning; Ginny was probably better off in Romania with them.

Harry nodded to Mr. Weasley and said, "I'll try to convince Ginny to come with us. But I don't want to lie to her, or to Ron. They deserve to know what is at stake and what is going on. Agreed?"

"Agreed," Mr. Weasley said. "I'm going to arrange for us to move from the Burrow to Grimmauld Place this afternoon. Now we'd better go down and get those snacks or everyone will wonder what we've been up to all this time."

They came back to the waiting room with two trays full of food and drinks. Harry saw that Fred and George had arrived while they were gone.

Ginny eyed Harry and said, "It took you quite a while to only go down one floor to get something to eat. Is everything okay?"

She had a feeling her father had wanted to get Harry alone for some reason and was curious as to why.

"There was a long line so it took us longer," Harry said as he walked his tray around for everyone to make their selections.

When he came to Gabrielle, she not so subtly moved over to make room for him to sit down next to her on the couch; but Harry took the empty space next to Ginny and handed her a drink. A feeling of satisfaction came over Ginny when she saw the frustrated look Gabrielle tossed them.

In less than an hour's time Bill entered through a door on the far side of the room. There were several bandages and bruises on his face and he looked extremely tired, but even so, he wore a wide grin.

He addressed the group, "I would like to announce that Fleur and I are the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl! Both mother and daughter are doing fine!"

Cheers went up around the room. Mrs. Weasley and Madame Delecour burst into tears as they grabbed each other in a tight hug. The men surrounded Bill, slapped him on the back, and offered him their heartfelt congratulations.

Wiping tears of joy from her eyes, Mrs. Weasley demanded, "Well! When do we get to see them?"

Bill gave his mother a hug and then placed a kiss on his mother-in-law's cheek and said, "The Healer insisted that Fleur get some much needed sleep before she greets any guests. But we arranged for a private nursery, so you can all come take a look at the newest Weasley now, if you'd like."

"Eef we'd like?" Madame Delecour huffed good naturedly, "Of course we'd like!"

Smiling and laughing, they followed Bill into the nursery where they gathered around the crib. Bill reached down to pick up his sleeping daughter and brought her around so everyone could get a good look at her.

"Who wants to hold her?" Bill asked causing all the women to step forward eagerly.

Although it seemed to take a great amount of effort, Mrs. Weasley stepped back and said to Fleur's mother, "You first."

Bill handed the baby over to Madame Delecour and said, "We've decided to name her Faith. After I took care of the Death Eaters, I nearly panicked when I realized Fleur had been hit and had gone into labor. But she remained calm and kept telling me she had faith the baby was going to be all right and that someday, everything in the Wizarding world would be right again. We decided that Faith would be an appropriate name."

"It's perfect," Mrs. Weasley cooed, gazing at her new granddaughter.

As they carefully passed Faith between her grandmothers and then to Ginny, Hermione said, "Isn't she absolutely beautiful?"

Looking at her niece in awe, Ginny said quietly, "She sure is."

Harry peered at Faith over Ginny's shoulder. He caught Ron's eye and they exchanged quizzical glances as if to say 'it must be a girl thing.' Harry had never been around a newborn before, but she was the littlest thing he had ever seen. She had a tuft of strawberry blond hair sticking up from the top of her head and she was starting to wake up. His initial thought was that 'beautiful' was not an adjective he would have used to describe the baby. Pointy-headed and grumpy-looking, perhaps, but he refrained from voicing such an opinion.

Ginny turned to him and asked, "Would you like to hold her?"

"Hold her?" Harry said with a note of panic in his voice and took a step backward. "Er… no, not right now, thanks. I'll just look."

Eventually Mrs. Weasley said reluctantly, "I'm sure Fleur will be sleeping for a while, so why don't we head on home. We can come back later." Her smile faded as she sent a knowing glance toward her husband.

Mr. Weasley said, "Everyone back to the Burrow, then, and we'll continue to celebrate this happy occasion."

Harry noticed the grim look in his eyes belied his words; it was an obvious ploy to keep everyone together so he could talk to them about moving to Grimmauld Place.

Before Harry reached the door, Bill called him back. "Hey, Harry. Stay here for a moment, would you?"

Harry looked to Ron and said, "Tell your mum and dad I'll be along in a bit."

"Okay, sure," said Ron and then followed the rest of his family out.

Harry walked over to Bill who was expertly rocking Faith in his arms, causing her to fall back to sleep.

Amazed Harry said, "Wow! You are already really good with her."

Bill grinned and said, "I have the advantage of being the oldest of seven. Ginny always liked me to rock her like this. Mum used to say I was better at quieting her down than she was."

Harry smiled, trying to imagine Ginny being as little as Faith.

Bill got right to his point. "Has Dad spoken to you yet? About what happened this morning and what he's up against?"

"Yes," Harry replied. "He told me they were able to break through even your protective charms and spells and about the threats to your family. It's probably a good idea that you asked me to stay behind because I think he is he is going to ask everyone to move to Grimmauld Place today."

"Did he also tell you that it would be a good idea for you to stay there, too?" Bill asked.

"Yeah," Harry said. "I guess I had better seeing as the Death Eaters are getting through protective wards now. If they attacked my flat, I wouldn't be able to fight them off right now, anyway."

Bill nodded, "I'm glad to hear you have agreed. I was afraid that you might still decide otherwise. What about Ginny and your planned trip to Romania?"

"I'm going to talk her into coming with us."

"Good," Bill said keeping his gaze on his sleeping daughter. "I know there is probably no real need to say this, but I'm expecting you to take care of her. Look out for Ron, too, while you're at it."

"I will," Harry promised. "Give Fleur my best when she wakes up."

He took one last glance at the scene of the tiny baby now sleeping peacefully in her father's protective arms and then left the room.